Project Gutenberg 2005-01-12 Public domain in the USA. 290 Clarke, James Freeman 1810 1888 Clarke, J. F. (James Freeman) Ten Great Religions: An Essay in Comparative Theology Reading ease score: 69.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Introduction: Ethnic and Catholic religions -- Confucius and the Chinese, or, The prose of Asia -- Brahmanism -- Buddhism, or, The Prostestantism of the East -- Zoroaster and the Zend Avesta -- The gods of Egypt -- The gods of Greece -- The religion of Rome -- The Teutonic and Scandinavian religion -- The Jewish religion -- Mohammed and Islam -- The ten religions and Christianity. Produced by PG Distributed Proofreaders "Ten Great Religions: An Essay in Comparative Theology" by James Freeman Clarke is a scholarly work written in the late 19th century. This publication focuses on an extensive examination of the principal religions of the world, aiming to shed light on their doctrines, customs, and historical contexts through a lens of comparative theology. The book proposes to explore how these diverse religions relate to one another and to Christianity, highlighting the partial truths found in ethnic religions and positioning Christianity as a universal faith. The opening of the work sets the stage for a profound inquiry into the nature of religion itself, defining its comparative approach and its goal of understanding the place of various belief systems in human civilization. Clarke discusses the value of analyzing religions in relation to each other, emphasizing that the truths and shortcomings of ethnic religions can provide a fuller picture when examined alongside Christianity. He also hints at the ongoing debate concerning the origins and qualities of these religions, asserting the need for a fair evaluation while preparing the reader for the detailed examination of individual religions to follow. Clarke's argument seeks not only to categorize but also to elevate the discussion around religion, arguing for Christianity's unique stance as a universal and progressive faith. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Christianity and other religions Religions BL Text Islam Browsing: History - Religious Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 1270088 2024-10-06T14:04:32.166760 2023-09-07T04:30:59.444608 text/html text/html 1308391 2020-12-19T04:45:23 text/html; charset=utf-8 484122 2020-12-19T04:45:23 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 603296 2024-10-06T14:04:51.403882 application/epub+zip 608964 2024-10-06T14:04:37.343714 application/epub+zip 551439 2024-10-06T14:04:35.279761 application/epub+zip 1201860 2024-10-06T14:05:01.045604 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1169476 2024-10-06T14:04:49.628658 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 906317 2022-09-07T17:43:58.725138 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1182430 2024-10-06T14:04:30.154756 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1182130 2020-12-19T04:45:23 text/plain; charset=utf-8 450742 2020-12-19T04:45:23 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 1180869 2020-12-19T04:45:23 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 449605 2020-12-19T04:45:23 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1182140 2020-12-19T04:45:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 448877 2020-12-19T04:45:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23910 2024-10-06T14:05:01.431577 application/rdf+xml 23173 2024-10-06T14:04:35.901763 image/jpeg 4984 2024-10-06T14:04:35.591735 image/jpeg 576043 2024-10-06T14:04:32.274738 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia